A report calendar,
tied to evidence rather than estimates.
Germany asks the same numbers twice, on purpose. Every volume report filed to your dual system must be repeated in the register without delay and identically. We reconcile the packaging actually placed on the German market, file within the mandate, and keep the two sides matching.
Recurring maintenance within an active packaging scope · corrections and retroactive licensing quoted separately
✓ Free ✓ Human review ✓ No commitment
Timing depends on document completeness and independent registry and scheme review
The outcome
A reconciled, versioned report file
- Reporting regime, periodicity and the reason for it recorded
- Units, weights, fractions, periods and corrections reconciled
- Client approvals, filed reports, invoices and receipts retained
The dual system and the register each keep their own records and run their own cross-checks
The mirror is the rule; the small-producer route is the exception
Report types are the initial planned-volume report, in-year adjustments, the closing annual report for the previous year due by 1 June, and supplementary reports. A producer below 10 tonnes of system-relevant packaging in the previous year may file a single closing annual report instead of mirroring each report; we confirm that anchor in section 9 for the dossier rather than assuming it. An audited completeness declaration is due by 15 May above 80 tonnes of glass, 50 tonnes of paper and board, or 30 tonnes of the listed lightweight fractions taken together, and can be demanded regardless of thresholds.
Primary sources · Reviewed 18 August 2026
Why the recurring file needs controls
The two reports are filed from different data
Volumes, material types and period must be identical on both sides. The central agency compares the system's control reports against the register and forwards discrepancies to the competent state authority.
The small-producer route is assumed
The single annual report depends on the previous year's quantity. It is checked each year against real data, not adopted once and forgotten.
A correction overwrites the original
Every filed version, the reason for the change, the invoice and the receipt stay in the evidence chain.
Included in the written scope.
- Reporting-regime review against the previous year's actual quantity
- Structured packaging-data template by fraction
- Weight, fraction, period and rate-version reconciliation
- Client approval before anything is filed on your behalf
- Identical filing to the dual system and the register
- Receipt, invoice, payment and correction archive
Four controlled steps.
Document the facts
Collect the entity, products, channels, contracts and available evidence for recurring reports.
Confirm scope and dependencies
Receive a written map of assumptions, exclusions, third parties and points requiring approval.
Authorise the agreed work
Private fees, external costs and client responsibilities are confirmed before any submission or commitment.
Coordinate and retain evidence
After a valid engagement, each action, external decision and authentic receipt is stored with its date and version.
Frequently asked
Do you file the reports for me?
Where we hold a confirmed representative mandate, yes: the representative files volume reports in its own name. Without that mandate we may not file German volume reports at all, because a commissioned third party that is not the appointed representative is barred from doing so.
Does a small seller need an audited completeness declaration?
Almost never. The thresholds sit at 80 tonnes of glass, 50 tonnes of paper and board and 30 tonnes of the listed lightweight fractions combined. A standard e-commerce seller is far below them, though the authorities may still require one.
When is the annual report due?
The closing report for the previous year is due by 1 June. The completeness declaration, where thresholds are exceeded, is due by 15 May and admits no extension.
Can historic omissions be handled in normal maintenance?
No. Retroactive licensing of earlier years is scoped and quoted separately, and it does not promise immunity from anything.
Keep the cycle connected
Service
Dual-system participation
The system contract and the report have to describe the same volumes.
Service
Guided packaging-register entry
Registration data changes stay personal to you, even when we report.
For your profile
Marketplace sellers
Reconcile marketplace channels without using a platform field as proof.
Discuss the facts with the team.
Independent private service · human scope review · no third-party outcome promised.
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